I am damned if I'm going to die before I have unraveled more of the universe

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

The moment you understand the whole Universe, is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God's mind works

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.

We don't let animals suffer, so why humans?

We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.

If you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way.